Christmas fun dip

My son, the Spicy Resident Teenager (13) will be the guest blogger today! He created Christmas fun dip so it is only right he share it with you. He shared over at my other blog last week. He feels the need to spread the joy.

Hi I'm the Teenager. I am 13 and in 8th grade. Today at school we got candygrams from the student council.

It had a package of hot cocoa and a candy cane. I like fun dip and it made me think of that. So, I thought of the candy cane and if I licked it the cocoa would stick to it.

It tasted like hot cocoa but with a mintiness.

Try it you'll like it!

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Mexican hot chocolate cookies

1 pkg sugar cookie mix (Betty Crocker)
1/4 cup coffee (optional, I used leftover from the pot)
1/4-1/2 cup flour (just enough so they are sticky)
1/2 bag chocolate chips (I used Ghirardelli because they were on sale at the Commissary)
1 stick butter
1 egg
2 TBSP cocoa powder (optional)

Mix together and roll balls into the following mix:

1/2-1 TBSP chili powder (depends on how Spicy you want them)
1/2 TBSP cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar

Place on cookie sheets and flatten with the bottom of a cup. They will spread so leave room between cookies. I got 25 large cookies out of each batch.

Make sure you put them in a sealed container. I didn't and they turned into coffee/milk dunkers.

You can also make it without cocoa powder and coffee, but when I tried both ways we liked the chocolate better! If you omit the coffee you can omit the extra flour. You will get 16 large cookies. We like our cookies HUGE!

I asked the Teenage Resident what he thought of them and he said they tasted like hot cocoa. So I guess I got it right!

I took several recipes and found what worked for me.

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Saucy Irish and I would like to welcome a new addition to the Asylum family!  Mr. Saucy's sister had a baby this week and she is beautiful! 

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